Equidad en el Financiamiento de Campañas en América Latina y sus Implicaciones para la Competitividad Electoral: Una Mirada a las Elecciones en Centroamérica, 2010-2014

Abstract

The document proposes a model for evaluating campaign financing systems according to the level of equity they promote. Using data from primary sources for the 2010-2014 cycle of presidential elections in Central America, the study evaluates the key attributes of equitable financing systems and their implications for electoral integrity. It proposes that greater electoral integrity occurs with systems that promote public financing of campaigns, control over the use of state resources, restriction of private financing, and the application of limits on the total cost of campaigns.

Keywords

• Campaign financing
• political financing
• electoral equity
• electoral integrity
• public financing
• expenditure ceilings
• political parties